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circumstances collapse: a person's financial situation (good or bad); "he found himself in straitened circumstances"; the state (usually personal) with regard to wealth; "each person was helped according to his circumstances"

stretch collapse: extension to or beyond the ordinary limit; "running at full stretch"; "by no stretch of the imagination"; "beyond any stretch of his understanding"; exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent; a straightaway section of a racetrack; the capacity for being stretched; a large and unbroken expanse or distance; "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water"; an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"; easily stretched; "stretch hosiery"; extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head"; extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"; become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches"; extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly; "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination"; pull in opposite directions; "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"; lie down comfortably; "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass"; occupy a large, elongated area; "The park stretched beneath the train line"

strained collapse: under great stress; "her voice was strained as she asked the question"

go out collapse: become extinguished; "The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark"; leave the house to go somewhere; "We never went out when our children were small"; take the field; "The soldiers went out on missions"; go out of fashion; become unfashionable

troublesome collapse: difficult to deal with; "a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation"

elephantine collapse: of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"

shuffle collapse: the act of mixing cards haphazardly; mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards"; walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"; move about, move back and forth; "He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS"

thrust collapse: verbal criticism; "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"; push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward"; press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"; push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"; force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock

cutoff collapse: a device that terminates the flow in a pipe; a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated

gallop collapse: a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously; ride at a galloping pace; "He was galloping down the road"; cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?"; go at galloping speed; "The horse was galloping along"

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